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Team Husqvarna's Terry C unningham m oved cl oser to his t hi rd N atio nal
Cham p ionship by w in ning the J ack Pine N ational.
AHA National Championship Enduro
Series: Round q
Cunningham clangs
Jack Pine Cowbell
By Merle Acord
i\IO OR EST OW N , i\11. A U G , 18
Team Husqvarna 's Terry Cunningham
ch arged his 430 Automatic through 186.8
miles of Mi chigan sand whoops , tight woods
tra i ls a n d high -speed two-tracks to nIp
ISDE-bo u n d Husk\' rider Bria n
Mull by 32 seco n d~ 10 wi n th e
Jack Pin e Natio na l. Defendin g
N at io n a l Cha m p io n Cu n-
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n in g h a m a nd M ic h igan rid er M u ll
each d ro p p ed fin' poi nt s.
Ca n- A m 's J ohn Ma rt in a n d H u sky's Dan' Be-rt ra m eac h drop ped six
po in ts a n d a fler rer ount in g and rec hec k i n ~ t h e t iebrea ker scores and
som e sh u ffl in g on the sco reboa rd .
Ma rt in em erged wi th thi rd o vera ll.
Fifth o ve ra l l lr-ll 10 Lunsi ng Cycl e's
Al an Ra n d t, wh o will also he m a kin g
a tr ip 10 th is yea r' s ISD E.
R ight o n r ue Sa turda y ni ght , 1.5
in c h es o f rai n Iel l, ma kin g rid in g'
co n d itio n s o n th e sa ndv so il id e l fo r
a
th e 59t h r un n ing o f ihe " Co w be ll
Class ic. "
C un ni n~h am's win w ill sec h is
n a m e e n ~ ra v ed o n Ih e t r;I\' l'1 in ~ co wbe ll lro phy fo r th e Ihird tinl<' in th e
la st fou r yea rs (I('a m m a l<' M ik e Mdton won J a c k P in e in 1984). C u nningham a lso appears to b(' on hi s
way 10 a Ihi rd Nati on al C h ampionshi p, whil e lea mmate Bert ra m is
seco nd in Ih e poi lll ch a se bdl in d
C u n ni ngh am . It would ta ke a minor
m ir acl e for Bert ram lO ca tch hi m in
Ih e remaini ng Ih ree events.
J ohn Mart in , a miuur e dow n from
C u n n ingham . topped Ca n -Am tea mm al es J ohn Fer o by four po in ts a nd
G eoff Ball a rd by seven . " I stop ped in
t h e woo ds afu-r ch erki n j; III Y com p u rer. " sai d Ball a rd , "a n d Jo hn (Fero )
ca me up beside m e. J ohn wa s ridi n g
three m inu tes beh in d meand sho uldn 't
hav e ber-n there . I kn ew t h vn m v
co m p ur er was of f. 1 rese t it a n d rod e
beh ind Joh n u n til t h e n CXI c he ck
whe-n - I iost fo ur minu tes, a nd the n I
lat er burned a r h crk ."
" I m an a ged to a rr ive (-,Hl y at th ree
checks," sa id Ca n -Am product m anager J eff Smi th . S mi t h stil l man aged
to w in th e S u per Senior class wi th a
score o f 32 .
J ack Pen to n , aboard a KTi\I , cr u ised
in fo r th e 250cc A class wi n w ilh a
sco re o f I I p o iill S.
Ja c k ' ~ fa th er ; J o h n Pen ton , rode
J a c k I' i 11(' for lh e 38 t h time , J ohn h a s
won J a c k Pi n e o \'('ra II fou r tim es a n d
fin is h ed a ll bUI I" :o runs . J o h n d idn'l
troph y toda y, bUI h e a ~a i n fin ish ed.
Ka w a sa ki T e am Gr e e n ' s J el l
Fn'dl'l tl' sa id, " I had Ihl' w ind kn oc ked
o u t o f me w ith o ul fall i n ~ o ff 111<'
motorevc! e a n d 1 bu rned a check. 1 hil
some sc;ft stuff a nd ~Ol a li ltl e OUI o f
sha pe a n d t w isted th e handl eb a rs
Husqvarna' s D ave Bertram dropped six points and finished fourth overall .
Bertram remains sec o nd in the points st and ing s behind Cunningham.
into my si de, th en th e bars du g in a n d
sto p p ed . 1 h av en 't looked, but I th ink
I h av e a br ui se so m e pl a ce, 1 sure
was n ' t h appy w ith m y ride." Fredett e
sti ll look six th ov er all.
" I lost mv rea r bra kes la st wee k a t
the New Y ~r k Na tio na l." co n tin ue d
Fred ett e , " a n d o n ly pi cked up five
seri es -poi n ts. If T.C. wins to day , h e
w i ll be alm o st impos sible to beat for
th e cha m pion shi p thi s year. " Fr ed ett e
has two o ve ra ll wins in t h e series to
h is cred it.
H u skv-m ou ru ed R an d y H awk in s
a n d fo rm er Nat ional End uro Cha m p io n 1\1 ike Melt on both a lso lo st n in e
poi ill S - th e sa me number as Fredett e
- a nd Iin ishe sevent h a n d eig h th
d
overa ll. respecti vely . H u sky' s Mel to n .
ridin g a -130 Autom a ti c. sa id, " All o f
m y p o ints to da y wer e lat e p oi nts. 1
wasnt rh at fa r off t h e p ace. but I j u st
kep t losin g j ust a Iew second s a n d by
th e en d o f th e da y th ey co u nt up .
" Tve n o tified th e A i\IA th at I wo n 't
he go in g' to Spa in for th e ISD E thi s
vea r. Mv left wrist is still wea k. The
il 7 m ii es a t New York la st we ek
m ade it sore. II wa s better to d a y but
n ot good en o ug h for 1000 m iles in a
week . 1 d on 't wan t 10 go if I'm n ot
100%: let someo n e el se go wh o 's never
been lO S ix Da vs before."
H onda d evel o p m en t rider Dr ew
Smi th fini sh ed ninth o vera ll with a
scor e o f 10 p o int s. "I n or m all y
wo uldn 't rid e J ack P in e," said Sm ith ,
a form er N ew J ersey residen t n o w living in Ca liforn ia , "bu t after winnin g
t h e Speed sville (N ew York ) N at ion al
la st wee k 1 [igu rcd I'd better gel ba ck
into en d u ros ."
Gary Dell. a rep r('sent a t in' for lh e
Benl Wh eel s i\1.e. a nd o r~:lI1i le r o f
th e :\f i chi ~an T wo- Day IS DE Qua li fier , p resent ed fellow Mi ch i ~an resid elll s R andl a n d Mull ea ch Wilh
c hec ks for S2S0 to help th e m dl'fra y
e xpen ses for Ih e upcom in ~ ISD E.
" O u r qua lif i"r was a fina n cia l s uccess," sa id Dell. " and we walll to
re lurn sc)Jn e of th e mo n,'v to th('
r id ers ."
.
T here were more success slOries:
Larry Arringl on won th e I25cc A class
with a score o f 24 : J eff Eng el topped
th e 200cc A ranks with a 17-p oint
rid e; R andy Mast in lost 20 10 w in th e
Open A di vi si on: a n d G al e Vandewater fini sh ed with 72 m arks 10 win
th e \\'omen's class \ '('1 a not he r lim e.
And o ne m ore su ccess sto rv o f so rts
was th at of Ed Den sm ore, ~' ho wo n
th e L o w Po int tro ph y wi th a score o f
45 3. " I was n ever su n ' w he n 1 h a d it
won ," said Den sm ore, " b u t a t th e
n oon gas Slap I h a d so m an y p oint s
th ai I co u ld n' t co u nt th em , 1 kn ew
th en I h ad a g ood s h o t at th e tr ophy .e
Results
OVERALL: Terr y Cun nin gha m (Hual 5.
HIGH POINT A : Br ia n MulllHusl 5.
HIGH POINT B: Kell y Get z (HusJ 15.
HIGH POINT C: Cli nt Hamm erl e (Hus) 44 .
LOW POINT FINIS HER: Ed Denam or e I f-t n} 453 .
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AA: 1. John M arti n fe- AI 6: 2 . Dave Bert ram IHus)
6; 3. Al an Randt (H us) B; 4 . J eff Fred ett e (KawI 9; 5 .
Randy Haw kin s IHu s) 9; 6 . Mike M elt on (Hus) 9; 7 .
Drew S mi t h (Hon) l 0 ; 8 . J oh n f ero IC-A ) 10 ; 9. Rick
Sch arphorn IHus) 11: 10 . Geof f Ball ard I C-A) 13;
11. Dwight Rudd er (KTM ) 13; 12. Fritz Kadlec IHus l
18 .
125cc A : t . Larry Ar ri ngt on (KTM); 2 . Larry Dob son IHus): 3 . Troy M cD on ald (Hust 4 . Dave Lipovsky
(Hus); 5 . Pete M otzen becker (KTM) .
200cc A : 1. Jeff Eng el IHu s): 2. Tom Klauser
(Yam); 3 . Rob Sch ult e (Kaw): 4 . Ray Kran tz (e -AI ; 5.
Jim Gibson (Kaw) .
250cc A : 1. Jack Penton (KTM); 2 . Br ian Lohm an
(Hus); 3 . Jim Boyn e (Hus): 4 . Sco tt Ki ng (Hus ); 5.
Gen e O'N ail (Yaml.
OPEN A : 'l . Randy M ast in (Hus); 2. Rudy Ab ersold
(KTM ): 3 . John Love IHusl; 4 . Tom Pantalo ne (Hus);
5. Vic Flegel.
4-STR A : 1. Steve Bacon (Ho nl; 2 . Vern Pacholke
(Han); 3 . Steve Ell is (Han) ; 4 . Tom Kri ve (Han); 5 .
M ike Hanep hen (Han).
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SR A : 1. St eve Sm ig ie l (Hu sl; 2. Tom Boyd (Hus);
3 . Jim Not eboom (KTM ); 4 . Bud Chambless (Hon) ; 5.
Mike Hempst ead (Hus).
SUPE R SA: r . Jeff Sm it h (C-A ); 2 . Jim Creech
(Honl; 3 . Rich ard Leno ver (Ka w); 4 . All en Cady
(Yam) ; 5 . Geo rge Hoff er (Yam).
WOMEN : 1. Gale Vandewater (Hu s); 2. Em ma
Kabzinski (Hus); 3 . Ton i Capretta IHusl .
125cc B: t . Larr y Brown (KTM) 2 . Ken Beesle y
(Han); 3 . J ohn Haa s (Hon l; 4 . Chr is Jones IKTM ); 5.
Harry Hopes (Hon) .
200cc B: t . Tom Wh it e (Kaw ); 2. Tom Den smore
(C-A ); 3. Steve M acC lean (Kaw ); 4 . Brian J ohan sen
(C-A); 5 . Br ian J ohn son (Kaw) .
250cc B: 1. Kev in Vollmar (Hus); 2. Cra ig W ill i ams (Hus); 3 . J esse Owen s (Hus); 4 . Pat W aldi e
(Hus); 5 . Rand y Padgett (Hon).
OPEN 8 : , . Kevi n All en (KTM) ; 2. J im Keyes (H us);
3 . M ark Grumk e (Hu s); 4 . Ken Kri dne r (KTM ); 5.
Craig Oman (Hus).
4 ·STR B: 1. Br et Ditt enber (Hon); 2 . Pau l f alet e
(Hon) ; 3 . J im Kr ist (Ho n); 4 . M ike W ood (Hon); 5. Jeff
Boyd (Hon).
SR B: 1. M ike Olmstead (5 uz); 2. Per Li llemoen
(Yam); 3 . Fred M i ll s; 4 . Harold Hall (Hus!; 5 . Jo hn
Schult e (Kaw) .
200cc C: 1. M ik e Steven s (Yam ); 2. J im J ohn son
(Yam); 3 . Jeff Begem an (Yam); 4 . Lou ie Stump
(Han) ; 5 . John Cai n (Hon).
OPEN C: , . Brian Bennett (Yam); 2. Rick Crossman (Yaml ; 3 . Don Ku be (KTMl; 4 . Ben Angi (Hus);
4 . M ar k M ason (Hus).
